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Tuesday, 23 August 2016

MSSA's 2016 South African National LAN Championships

Registrations
are open for MSSA's 2016 South African National LAN
Championships.

MSSA's 2016 South
African National LAN Championships is part of the process of
selecting the 2017 Protea eSports team that will attend IeSF's
9th IeSF World Championships.

MSSA remains
absolutely committed to sending teams to all future IeSF World
Championships.

Not only will MSSA send teams to the World
Championships, but MSSA will also continue with participating in the
ever popular International On-line Test Matches.

Registrations
will close on the 30 November 2016.

Players
who wish to compete in any of MSSA's Championships are advised to
complete their annual registration forms so that they may registered
as Registered Players as soon as possible. Please note that MSSA's
financial year starts on 1 November, so all players need to
re-register if they intend to participate in the S A National
Championships.

Late entries will be accepted in
exceptional circumstances.

All
gamers are reminded that MSSA's 2016 South African National LAN
Championships are an open championship.In other words any registered
player is entitled to enter the championship – no matter where they
live, or their category of membership. If you have any queries,
please contact MSSA.

Championship Details:

Hosting
Club: HTS Witbank, Beyers Road, Witbank

Venue: HTS
Witbank, Beyers Road, Witbank

Date: 3
& 4 December 2016

Entry
Fees: R60.00 per Registered Player per Period

Computers:
Bring your own. Please ensure that all game updates
are done prior to arrival.

Schedule:
The LAN Schedule for all 2016 is:

Saturday

Time

StarCraft
II

PES
(Pro Evolution Soccer)

League
of Legends (LoL)

HearthStone

Street Fighter V

09H00

Round
1 Starts

Round
1 Starts

Round
1 Starts

Round
1 Starts

Round
1 Starts

09H45

Round
2 Starts

Round
1 Continues

Round
1 Continues

Round
1 Continues

Round
2 Starts

10H30

Round
3 Starts

Round
2 Starts

Round
2 Starts

Round
2 Starts

Round
3 Starts

11H15

Round
4 Starts

Round
2 Continues

Round
2 Continues

Round
2 Continues

Round
4 Starts

12H00

Round
5 Starts

Round
3 Starts

Round
3 Starts

Round
3 Starts

Round
5 Starts

12H45

Round
3 Continues

Round
3 Continues

Round3
Continues

13H00

LUNCH

Time

TEKKEN
TTII

PES
(continued)

LoL
(continued)

Hearthstone (continued)

14H00

Round
1 Starts

Round
4 Starts

Round
4 Starts

Round
4 Starts

14H45

Round
2 Starts

Round
4 Continues

Round
4 Continues

Round
4 Continues

15H30

Round
3 Starts

Round
5 Starts

Round
5 Starts

Round
5 Starts

16H15

Round
4 Starts

Round
5 Continues

Round
5 Continues

Round
5 Continues

17H00

Round
5 Starts

18H00

Awards
Ceremony

19H00

Doors
Close

SUNDAY:

Time

Dota
2

CounterStrike:GO

FIFA
'16

MORTAL KOMBAT X

09H00

Round
1 Starts

Round
1 Starts

Round
1 Starts

Round
1 Starts

09H45

Round
1 Continues

Round
1 Continues

Round
1 Continues

Round
1 Continues

10H30

Round
2 Starts

Round
2 Starts

Round
2 Starts

Round
2 Starts

11H15

Round
2 Continues

Round
2 Continues

Round
2 Continues

Round
2 Continues

12H00

Round
3 Starts

Round
3 Starts

Round
3 Starts

Round
3 Starts

12H45

Round
3 Continues

Round
3 Continues

Round3
Continues

Round3
Continues

13H00

LUNCH

Time

Dota
2 (continued)

CounterStrike:GO
(continued)

FIFA
'16

MORTAL KOMBAT X

14H00

Round
4 Starts

Round
4 Starts

Round
4 Starts

Round
4 Starts

14H45

Round
4 Continues

Round
4 Continues

Round
4 Continues

Round
4 Continues

15H30

Round
5 Starts

Round
5 Starts

Round
5 Starts

Round
5 Starts

16H15

Round
5 Continues

Round
5 Continues

Round
5 Continues

Round
5 Continues

17H00

18H00

Awards
Ceremony

19H00

Doors
Close

Rules
and Regulations: All Rules and Regulations pertaining to eSports
are available from MSSA. Players are strongly advised to familiarise
themselves with the LAN League Bylaws and all Period Specific Rules.
If any Player wishes to provide advice regarding the drafting of the
Period Specific Rules they are encouraged to contact the eSBoC who
will take all comments into account.

The
following Medals may be awarded at MSSA's 2016 South African
National LAN Championships:

PREMIER: Medals
shall be awarded to the first three players who are registered
players.

UNIVERSITY: Medals
shall be awarded to the first three players who are currently
registered at any officially recognised University, provided the
players have not received any Premier Medals.

SCHOLARS: Medals
shall be awarded to the first three high school scholars, provided
they have not received any Premier medals.

WOMEN: Women
will be awarded medals as per the same basis as above, that is in
all three categories.

Colours
and National Team Trials:

National
Colours: All Players that win all of their Matches at a
National Championship will earn National Colours.

Provincial
Colours: All Players that win all of their Matches at a
Provincial Championship will earn Provincial Colours. All Players
who score within the top 50% in a specific Period at a Provincial
Championship, and who also score within the top 50% at a National
Championship in the same period and in the same year, will earn
Provincial Colours.

National
Team Trials: All Players that score within the top 20% or
top three places, whichever is greater, in a specific Period at a
Provincial or National Championship will earn an invitation to
National Team Trials. National Team Trials shall be held in the
event that a National Team must be selected to represent South
Africa when competing in such Period in an International
Championship.

The
next provincial event is: The Online Schools Championships that shall
be held on 11th February 2017.